Community service scholarships reward you for helping others. Volunteer opportunities can also help you pay for college. If your kindness helps you to minimize student loan debt, you should jump at the opportunity!
Students involved in volunteer programs should ask whether there are any financial aid awards available where they perform their community service. It is common for hospitals, veterans' groups, religious groups, historical societies, and other organizations to provide scholarships for volunteers that attend college.
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Award Amount: up to $6,495
Award Amount: $1,000 Be sure to create your free Fastweb profile to gain full scholarship database access, and to get a complete list of community service scholarships.
Community Service Scholarships
Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship
The Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have been active in promoting vegetarianism in your school and / or community; and have demonstrated compassion, courage, and a strong commitment to promoting a peaceful world through a vegetarian diet / lifestyle to be considered for this award. Deadline: 2/20/23Award Amount: $10,000
Scholars Helping Collars Scholarship
The Scholars Helping Collars Scholarship is available to high school seniors. To be considered, you must submit an essay detailing your volunteer efforts to help animals in need, and how that involvement has changed your life or shaped your perceptions on the importance of animal welfare. Deadline: 2/27/23Award Amount: $1,500
Community Impact Scholarship
The Community Impact Scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students who are enrolled at an accredited college or university. You must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S., have a minimum GPA of 3.5, and demonstrate strong leadership qualities and active involvement in community service in order to be considered for this award. You must also submit a video (5 minutes or less) or an essay of approximately 1,000 words responding to the following prompt: "Why is it so important to volunteer within your community? Which efforts make the biggest difference in a community? How has the time you have dedicated to community service helped you to develop your own skills and grow as an individual?" Deadline: 3/2/23Award Amount: $2,500
Becca's Closet Spirit of Generosity Scholarship
The Becca's Closet Spirit of Generosity Scholarship is available to college - bound high school seniors. You must have demonstrated outstanding community service during high school and have a minimum 2.0 GPA to be considered for this award. Deadline: 3/31/23Award Amount: $1,000
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes is available to students between the ages of eight and 18 who have organized and led an extraordinary service activity which has clearly benefited other people or the planet we share. Your service activity must have been initiated and motivated primarily by you, and cannot have been done solely to complete an assignment for school or work. Deadline: 4/15/23Award Amount: $10,000
Spirit of Giving Scholarship
The Spirit of Giving Scholarship is available to high school seniors and current college students. You must submit an essay of between 500 and 750 words on one of the following three topics in order to be considered for this award: How have you advanced the spirit of giving in your community or abroad either through service or in giving? How has the spirit of giving affected you personally? How will your college or post-secondary education allow you to be of service to others or give to others? Deadline: 7/31/23Award Amount: $1,000
Leaders Save Lives Scholarship
The Leaders Save Lives Scholarship is available to high school and college students. You must host an American Red Cross blood drive while school is out of session and collect a minimum of 25 pints of blood to be eligible for this award. Deadline: 1/15/23Award Amount: $2,500
DAV Auxiliary Education Scholarship
The DAV Auxiliary Education Scholarship is available to high school seniors and college undergraduate and graduate students who have served disabled veterans and / or their families in the past two years. You must have at least a 2.5 GPA to be eligible for this award. Deadline: 3/24/23Award Amount: $2,500
Bonner Scholars Program
The Bonner Scholars Program is open to entering freshmen at participating colleges. You must demonstrate high financial need and have an interest in community service and social justice issues to be eligible for this award. Deadline: VariesAward Amount: $2,500
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award
The Segal AmeriCorps Education Award is available to students who successfully complete their AmeriCorps term of service and enroll in the National Service Trust. This award can be used to repay qualified student loans and to pay current educational expenses at eligible institutions of higher education and training programs. Deadline: RollingAward Amount: up to $6,495
Carson Scholars Program
The Carson Scholars Program is open to students in grades four through eleven. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.75 and display humanitarian qualities through community service to be eligible for this award. Interested students MUST be nominated by an educator at their school. Only one student from each school is able to apply. Deadline: RollingAward Amount: $1,000 Be sure to create your free Fastweb profile to gain full scholarship database access, and to get a complete list of community service scholarships.